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Activision has finally given Australia some love by announcing two Call of Duty World League events that will take place in Sydney. Both events feature a $30,000 prize pool and up to 64 teams. They will be held at the ESL Studios in Sydney and will only be open to …
Read More »Echo Fox forfeit ESL Pro League spot after failing to get a roster in time
Echo Fox has forfeited its spot in the North American division of the ESL Pro League after failing to submit a roster for the upcoming season. The team disbanded its CS:GO team late last year, leaving just two players on its roster currently. Obviously without a team of five they …
Read More »Stanislaw leaves OpTic Gaming, rumoured to join Team Liquid
Peter "stanislaw" Jarguz has left the OpTic Gaming CS:GO team after a disappointing run at the ELEAGUE Major. Stanislaw is considered one of, if not the, best in game leader in North America, and OpTic were considered the best NA team after winning ELEAGUE Season 2 and taking second at …
Read More »Major Russian travel search engine sponsors NaVi
Natus Vincere has announced a new sponsorship deal with Russian travel search engine Aviasales. Exact details of the deal have not been announced, but it is rumored to be a considerable amount of money easily in the six figures. One part of the deal that was disclosed is that the …
Read More »ESL hires former Fox Sports exec to improve TV output
ESL has announced that it has hired former Fox Sports exec and one of the people behind the Championship Gaming Series, David Hill. Hill said this his role will be to “make gaming [TV] network-ready, because we firmly believe the next big thing in entertainment is video gaming,” when speaking …
Read More »Lunatic-Hai suspends two Overwatch players after having relationships with female fans
South Korean Overwatch team Lunatic-Hai has suspended both Geum "dean" Dong-geun and Lee "Leetaejun" Tae-jun for developing online relationships with female fans. The two were starting members in the team, but have been benched for the rest of the OGN Apex Season Two competition after the discovery was made by …
Read More »ESL One leaves Frankfurt and heads to Hamburg for Dota event
ESL has announced ESL One Hamburg as the replacement to its annual ESL One Frankfurt event. The yearly German Dota 2 event has been held in Frankfurt for the past three years usually around June. This year however the even is making the switch to Hamburg and will take place …
Read More »Overwatch Alienware Monthly Melee gets big prize pool boost
Alienware has announced that the prize pool for its Overwatch Monthly Melee events will now be $10,000. Previously the monthly competitions only offered up $5,000 per month, meaning top teams would often skip the competition. It is hoped that with the new amount of money all the top teams that …
Read More »Riot bans sister teams in the EU Challenger Series
We knew that EU LCS sister teams would not be able to play in the Challenger Series promotion tournament but new rules for Summer 2017 reveal they won’t be able to play at all. Riot has announced that from the Summer Split sister teams to those in the EU LCS …
Read More »Official TV ratings come in for the ELEAGE Major
The ELEAGUE Major final was broadcast live on TBS over in the States this past weekend, and now the official TV numbers have come in. According to stats from ShowBuzzDaily the competition hit and average of 228,000 concurrent viewers during the broadcast. This certainly wasn’t the biggest sporting event of …
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